The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONIt’s too bad, but the way American people are, now that they have all this capability, instead of taking advantage of it, they’ll probably just piss it all away.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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Heck by the time a man scratches his behind, clears his throat, and tells me how smart he is, we’ve already wasted fifteen minutes.
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If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.
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In a thousand unseen ways we have drawn shape and strength from the land.
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I’m the only president you’ve got.
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…International education cannot be the work of one country. It is the responsibility and promise of all nations. It calls for free exchange and full collaboration…The knowledge of our citizens is one treasure which grows only when it is shared.
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Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
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You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.
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I will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.
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But, most of all, the Great Society is not a safe harbor, a resting place, a final objective, a finished work. It is a challenge constantly renewed, beckoning us toward a destiny where the meaning of our lives matches the marvelous products of our labor.
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Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There’s nothing to do but to stand there and take it.
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There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves.
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Any man who’s not willing to take half a loaf in a negotiation, well, that man never went to bed hungry.
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Light at the end of the tunnel? We don’t even have a tunnel; we don’t even know where the tunnel is.
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Whether we are New Dealer, Old Dealer, Liberty Leaguer or Red, whether we agree or not, we still have the right to think and speak how we feel.
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This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless. It gives people, people as individuals, control over their own destinies.
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